Red Dog Road

We decided to do one more episode when we learned the timeline for our new show. You’ll learn the date and Nick and Mike also catch you up on what they’ve been doing over the last few weeks. Find Nick and Mike on social media here: Mike: InstagramNick: Instagram and Twitter Music for the show courtesy of Bensound.

Heading into his final hunt of the year in Delaware, Nick had only seen one deer over his last five hunts this winter. He figured that streak would end by the first evening of his trip, but little did he know it would take two more days of being skunked before his luck would change.…Read More Read More

The deer season has come and gone in most parts of the country but this happens to be the perfect time to start planning for next season. Whether it’s planning habitat projects on your hunting property or buying new gear with plenty of time to get used to it, keeping yourself busy starting now will…Read More Read More

You never know when your number is going to be called, but when it is, you have to be ready to perform. When Kurt Culbert was flinging arrows all summer long in his home state of North Carolina, he surely imagined what it might be like to get a shot at a big buck in…Read More Read More

Even if you don’t own your own hunting property you still may be in a position to work on the property you hunt. Regardless, understanding the habitat you’re hunting and how deer may use it can certainly pay dividends when it comes to filling your tags. No matter what your situation is, if you’re a…Read More Read More

Happy New Year friends! If you’re like us, you’re probably spending some time reflecting on a lot of things from the past year. A new year is a great time to think about the memories made in the outdoors while thinking ahead to the coming seasons and what you hope to accomplish. In this episode,…Read More Read More

If you still have tags to fill and your state has a winter hunting season, don’t hang up your gear just yet. Some of the best hunting of the season can happen after most people have called it a year and if you’re not out there giving it a shot you just might be missing…Read More Read More

Sometimes you have to throw caution to the wind and chase your dreams. With guidance from his father, Jim Sensenbrenner fell in love with hunting. From being memorized by his father’s special leather bag filled with hunting gear to eventually taking his first deer as a youth, Jim found himself gripped by the thrill of…Read More Read More

For the avid archery hunter, putting down the bow and then hauling a gun to the woods can be a difficult transition. Not only can it feel awkward and uncomfortable, the woods suddenly comes alive with more hunters and the strategy transitions from stealth to chance opportunity. The “orange army” as gun hunters are sometimes…Read More Read More

All good things must come to an end and that was the case this week for the Red Dog Road crew. After two consecutive shows about success in the deer woods and bagging two giant bucks, the action grinded to a halt leaving the guys wondering where the bucks they were targeting went, and they…Read More Read More

It’s turning out to be a heck of a season for the Red Dog Road team. Earlier this year Nick and Mike each shot two does to kick off their seasons and friend of the show, Ron Haas, also tagged a couple. Two weeks ago, Ron connected on what is likely his biggest buck to…Read More Read More

“Every hunt is an adventure,” is a common phrase for friend of the show Ron Haas. If we’re being honest though, some adventures stand out a little more than others and that was exactly the case late last week when Ron connected with an absolute giant Delaware buck. In addition to sporting a massive rack…Read More Read More

It’s late October and that means it’s a busy time in the deer woods for Nick and Mike. The guys were able to get in some hunting time this week despite initially battling with an unseasonably warm stretch and then the remnants of Hurricane Zeta, which brought almost two inches of rain. If you want…Read More Read More

It’s the most wonderful time of the year if you’re an outdoorsman and the most adventurous of us find ways to do a little bit of everything. That’s certainly true of our guest this week, Jon Lewis of Cold Front Creative and Just Hunt Club. In addition to being a talented outdoors digital content creator,…Read More Read More

It has been a busy week for the guys as we head deeper into archery deer season and the end result is an episode that they describe as a hodge-podge of topics ranging from deer to bird dogs to air guns, and a few things in between. No deer were harmed over the last week…Read More Read More

Opening day of archery season is as much about ritual and celebration as it is about filling a tag. The Pennsylvania archery season opened last Saturday and for Nick and Mike it meant finally getting back into Penn’s Woods in search of a whitetail to hang a tag on. It was a textbook perfect morning…Read More Read More

As a hunting community trying to grow our ranks, we’ve typically assumed the key to success was to target youth and get them interested in the outdoors before other interests dominate their free time. While that’s probably part of the equation, it’s likely far less significant than we always assumed. In fact, we recently learned…Read More Read More

After a long wait, the 2020-21 deer season is upon us! In what has been one of the most challenging and strangest years any of us have faced, the start of deer season is one way we can all feel a little bit closer to normal. In this episode, Nick and Mike talk about their…Read More Read More

You’ve heard about them, maybe even as far back as the 80’s, but chances are you haven’t hunted from one and are at least interested in learning more about the technique. In this episode, we talk with Josh Hillyard from the Quality Deer Management Association about his experience hunting from a tree saddle and we…Read More Read More

For some, the 2020 deer hunting season has already started and images of some really nice bucks being tagged are showing up on social media daily. Most states will be opening their seasons in the coming weeks and in this episode Nick and Mike detail their personal gear lists and the equipment they’ll be relying…Read More Read More

If you hunt in a state that starts its deer season before October, you’re one of the lucky ones. That said, hunting well before fall sets in and ahead of velvet shedding isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. There are several things to consider when preparing for early season hunts and Nick and Mike discuss those…Read More Read More

We’ll be you don’t know someone who shot a 180+” monster buck while hunting in boxers! We get the first hand account from our guest, Tyler Sellens of western Illinois, who is also a land specialist for Whitetail Properties. Have you ever dreamed of owning your own piece of hunting property but assumed it was…Read More Read More

Imagine getting to see an albino deer on your first ever hunt. If that’s not enough, how about killing a record book black bear the first time you hunted one? Some people are just naturals and that’s the case for our guest on this week’s show, Erin Merrill who hails from the great outdoors state…Read More Read More

If you’ve been deer hunting long enough you’ve likely found yourself a money tree. We define a money tree as a spot where you feel so confident that you’ll be successful that it’s the place you’d choose if your life depended on filling a tag. In this episode Nick and Mike talk about what to…Read More Read More

There’s something about having a camera in your hand when exploring the outdoors that makes you slow down and appreciate your surroundings. It’s that appreciation that motivates our guest to never leave home without her camera for fear that she’ll miss the opportunity to capture the shot of a lifetime. Wildlife and nature photographer Brook…Read More Read More

Have you ever checked your trail camera and found that you got 2,000 photos of a blade of grass that was blowing in the wind in front of it? Has your camera ever walked off on its own from an area that you thought was safe even though you knew it was on public land?…Read More Read More

There was a time when finding a good archery shop was reasonably easy to do and it seemed like there was one in every town. While the number of shops is a fraction of what it once was the ones that remain tend to be top-notch, and that’s definitely the case for Kelly’s Outdoors in…Read More Read More

Earlier this week an exciting announcement was made about the future of deer and deer hunting and it involved Red Dog Road Podcast host, Nick Pinizzotto. The Quality Deer Management Association and the National Deer Alliance are merging into one organization and Nick will be heading up the new outfit as president and CEO. In…Read More Read More

She’s a farmer’s daughter that never got invited to go hunting, yet found her way into an exciting career working with some of the top outdoor industry personalities in the business. Along the way she became a wine snob and now co-hosts a cool new podcast called Off the Record with her good friend and…Read More Read More

He doesn’t care for the latest deer hunting technology and prefers the element of surprise when it comes to encounters with mature bucks. He also loves creating and protecting habitat for salamanders, deer, and everything in between in his job as a land manager for the Delaware Wild Lands Conservancy. Ron Haas is one of…Read More Read More

It’s not bad when the first fish you land after a long layoff is a more than 20-inch Northern pike, but that’s exactly what co-host Mike “The Doctor” Groman pulled off on his first true outing of the year. Both Nick and Mike landed big fish this week and they share their stories in this…Read More Read More

Mark Zagger is among the most successful and knowledgeable coyote trappers in the country. Who else do you know that averages more than 130 coyotes in a season when the season is only three weeks long? That’s an astonishing six to seven successful sets per day when most trappers would consider that many in an…Read More Read More

Did you know that West Nile virus and habitat loss threaten to not only dramatically shorten hunting seasons for ruffed grouse, they may also be putting the existence of these magnificent birds in peril. We were joined on the show by Lisa Williams, a nationally recognized biologist and ruffed grouse expert with the Pennsylvania Game…Read More Read More

Have you ever forgotten something critical to an outdoors excursion that either put an end to your outing all together or caused you to shift focus? If you said no you’re only kidding yourself as forgetting or losing things seems to go with the territory for most of us. In this episode, we talk about…Read More Read More

When it comes to killing gobblers, you won’t find anyone more adept and passionate than our guest, Michael Turbyfill of Boone, North Carolina. Michael started working turkey calls in his early teens and found himself in national competitions with some of the world’s best callers. It’s not about competitions though and “Turb” is a phenom…Read More Read More

USS Masters Pro Strongman Darren Zola is a three-time World’s Strongest Man competitor and has finished as high as second in the USS Nationals. Darren was an avid hunter and all-around outdoorsman until he decided to take a break from outdoors sports to pursue his passion for strength and getting the most out of his…Read More Read More

Baby it’s cold outside! Despite it being Mothers Day weekend the Northeast is being pounded by a powerful polar vortex dropping low temperatures well below freezing. In this episode, we talk about how the nasty weather kept us home instead of in the turkey woods this weekend, and the importance of pacing yourself during what…Read More Read More

After a six week hiatus, the Red Dog Road podcast is back! We ran into a number of barriers over the last few weeks that have kept us from recording episodes, ranging from busy schedules, to a glitch with changing internet providers, to even buying a new house (or at least we thought). In this…Read More Read More

One of the more infuriating things as a law-biding outdoorsman is learning about poaching cases, and to add insult to injury, the media typically refers to poachers as hunters. While there’s no doubt that there are chronic poachers out there posing as sportsmen, but just how widespread is the problem, and is an otherwise lawful…Read More Read More

In this episode, we take a look back at some of our lighter moments pursuing turkeys. I was only a casual turkey hunter until Mike took me under his wing (see what I did there?) and got me more serious about the sport. Let’s just say that the first part of the journey was a…Read More Read More

In this episode, we take on a lighter subject as Mike and I talk about some of the worst hunting clothing we ever owned. The quality of hunting clothing has improved dramatically over the last 20 years with the biggest improvements happening over the last 10. At our age, we started hunting at a time…Read More Read More

Many people underestimate the importance of being in shape for better enjoyment of their outdoor adventures, whether it be hunting or bird watching. Not to mention, being in poor shape, and without the benefit of a doctor’s advice before going afield, can be downright dangerous. We dive deep into this topic with the benefit of…Read More Read More

In this episode, Mike and I cover a subject that most listeners should be able to relate to, and that’s negotiating time with family and loved ones to get more time in the outdoors. There are a lot of ways to accomplish this, including offering to take them with you. Most importantly, it’s important to…Read More Read More

In this episode, our guest is Ryan Bronson, who is the Director of Conservation and Public Policy for Vista Outdoor. Our focus isn’t Ryan’s accomplished career in the outdoor industry, however. He is a passionate hunter with a specific fondness for waterfowl and upland birds, and he has pursued that passion over the last 13…Read More Read More

This episode features an interview with longtime outdoor writer, Pat Durkin, whose experience ranges from once covering the Green Bay Packers to being one of the most-respected writers in the outdoor business. His no-nonsense writing is both accurate and hard-hitting, which is welcome at a time when many modern writers are focused on sensational reporting…Read More Read More

As much as I enjoyed writing the Fish Photo Fail story for the blog, I knew I was leaving a lot out in terms of my love for fishing as a kid, and the deeper meaning behind the experience. In this episode, I dig deeper into this wild fish story from more than 30 years…Read More Read More

This episode features an interview with “Muley” Matt Howell, one of the best their is at capturing awesome outdoor photos with a smartphone. Better yet, he generously posts almost all of his photos for free as a way to share the experiences he’s blessed to have. I talked with Matt at the Western Hunting and…Read More Read More

This episode features an interview with my longtime friend and hunting and fishing buddy, Mike Groman. Over the years we’ve had a lot of great adventures, and misadventures, and we talk about a few of those on the show. We also get into the importance of remembering what matters most during out time in the…Read More Read More

I caught up with twins, Morgan and Mason Baseley of 2 Girls Hunting, at SHOT Show this past week and we talked about how they got started hunting, their favorite outings, being ambassadors for young hunters, and even their college plans. We also discussed what the hunting industry isn’t doing to attract new people to…Read More Read More

I am pleased to announce that the Red Dog Road Podcast is now live! This is the first episode of the show, so naturally I provide some background on me, why I’m starting the podcast, and what to expect in the episodes to come. Please keep in mind that this is the first time I’ve…Read More Read More